Self-registering cash-box



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T OARNEY. SELF REGISTERINGOASH BOX.

Patented Jan. 12, 1886.

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THOMAS CARNEY, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

SELF-REGISTERING CASH-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 334.3917, dated January12,1886.

Application filed August 3,1885. Serial No. 173.420. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS CARNEY, esquire, a subject of Her BritishMajesty Queen Victoria, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramseyand State of Minnesota, have invented'certain new and usefulImprovements in Self-Registering Cash-Boxes; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partof this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of my cash-box inperspective. Figs. 2 and 3 are perspective details. Fig. 4 is a verticaltransverse section of the cash-box. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views.

This invention relates to cash-boxes for mak- 7 ing change intransacting business, its objects being to rapidly handle coin ofdifferent denominations without likelihood of error, and

to quickly ascertain how much of the different and novel arrangement ofparts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.-

Referring to the accompanying} drawings byletter, A designates thecasing or box of the lower part of the machine, of general rectangularform, within the front portion of which is secured the casting B. Theupper horizontal plate of the said casting has made in it the slots 1),running from front to rear of the machine, and having at their rear endsthe rubber stops b. Running downward and outward from the top plate ofthe casting is an inclined plane, 0, the sides of which are providedwith supporting and coin-directing flanges, and which converge and endin the chute or spout c, which passes out of a slot in the front of thecasing. dis a recess made in the said front below the chute, for thepurpose of easily receiving in the hand the coin that falls from thechute.

The casing A is open above the casting B, and has detachably securedabove the lattera vertical casing, D, open in front. Within this casingis secured a casting, E, provided with the coin tubes orboxes e, whichare open in front and have their backs or walls concaved to fit thedenomination of coin they are to receive. The upper ends of the saidtubes or boxes are open, their lower ends being closed by a casting, F,which is bolted to the 'lower end of the casting E and provided withslots f, which stand, respectively, above the slots bin the casting Band below the coinboxes. The open fronts of the coin tubes or boxes areclosed by a metallic plate, G, the side edges of which slide in ways orgrooves G, made in the front edges of the sides of thecasing D.

g g are vertical slots madein the plate Gand standing in front of thecoin boxes or tubes, to view the contents thereof, and g is a flangestanding outward at right angles from the foot of the plate and flushwith the bottom of the coin-boxes when the plate G is pushed home.

The upper surface of the casting F is furnished with depressions F,which run partly within the coin tubes or boxes, have their rear endscorrespondingly concaved, and their floors inclining downward andoutward. The

depressions form exits for the coin below the flange g,their-inclination aiding the escape of the same.

are transverse slots crossing the tops of the slots g below a flange, 9at the top of the plate G, and lying in front of the coin tubes orboxes. By means of these slots g coin may be inserted in the boxeswithout lifting'the lid g, which is hinged at its rear edge to the rearupper corner of the casing D and has its front edge lying upon theflange g of the tubes. The casting Eis so secured in the casing D thatthe coin tubes or boxes incline slightly forward from top to bottom.

H is a transverse rod running through the casing A near the base of thesame,bel0w the end being loosely pivoted to the end of the arm h, asshown.

I is a spring. the lower end of which is secured to the rod H by passingthrough an opening therein. The spring thence passes to the rod H,around which it coils, and,running thence upward, passes through a lugon the rear edge of the lever 71. The action of the spring is to returnthe upper end of the lever h backward after it has been forced forwardby depressing the key I. The upper end of the lever h has ahead, h,beveled downwardly from its center to its front, as shown. From thecenter of this head stands a lug, upon which is pivoted the pushing-head1', having a flat base. From the top of the head i stands a stem havinga beveled upper end, i. when the depression of the key 1 forces thelever 71 forward,the point of the bevel z" catches against the rear edgeof the last coin in the coin-box, so that it is carried from out thepile of coin and forced down on the inclined plane 0, whence it passesto the chute c and out of the machine. \Vhen the key is released, theunder surface of the next coin in the pile turns forward the point ofthe bevel i, so that the latter passes under the coin without catchingthereon, the head i being turned forward,with its base resting on theforward bevel on the head of the lever 71. When said lever is fullyback, thejunction of its head h" and the head istrikes against the lugZ), the bevel 2" again becoming inclined. To drive the coin out of itsbox, the head i must pass through the adjacent slots Z) andf.

On the case above each key is marked upon a proper part of the casing Athe number in cents or dollars of the coin contained in the box withwhich that key corresponds.

The rear portion of the casing A, behind the upright casing D, is formedinto a chamber to receive a coin-drawer, J, formed of the casting J andthe pieces J, secured to the end thereof. The casting J is formed into anumber of banks of cells, preferably three, which rise, stair-like,above and break joints with each other. Oval slots j are formed in thecasting on the front edge of each cell, for convenience in removing cointherefrom. Vhen there are three banks of cells, the lowest ones arepreferably to receive each ten silver dollars, the second ones each tendollars in halfdollars, and the upper ones each five dollars inquarter-dollars.

Both the coin-drawer J and the casing D may have proper side handles foroperating them.

The method of using the device is evident from the foregoingdescription.

The casing D and the coin tubes or boxes containing the coin can beremoved from the cash-box and locked up in a vault for safety.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. In a cash-box, the combination of acointube, a key, a lever, and apivoted head, the coin-tube having a slotted bottom, the lever connectedwith the key, and the head pivoted to the upper end of the lever andadapted to be moved in the slot of the tube, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, in a cash-box, of a coin-tube, a key, a pivotedspring-lever, and a head, the tube having a slotted bottom for thepassage of the head, the key connected with the pivoted lever, whichlatter has its upper end beveled forwardly, the head also beveledforwardly on its under side and hinged to the said lever, whereby thedownward movement of the key will carry the hinged head through the slotof the coin-tube and remove the lowest coin therefrom, substantially asspecified.

3. The combination, with a coin-tube, of a pivoted lever, ahinged head,a finger-key, and a chute, the horizontal portion of the chute beingslotted beneath the coin tubes, the key connected with the pivotedlever,and the head hinged to the upper end of the said lever, wherebypressure upon the key will cause the hinged head to move in the slots ofthe chute and carry the lowest coin in the tube out upon the chute,substantially as specified.

4.. In a cash-box, the combination of the main casing A, the casting B,provided with the slots 1), and having the inclined plane and chuteformed upon it, the vertical casing D, the casting E, provided with thecoin-tubes e, the casting F, provided with the slots f, the rods H H,the levers It, provided with the arms h and adapted to have their upperends push the lower coin of any box out of the latter, the keys I, andthe springs I, substantially as specified.

5. In a cash-box, the combination, with the coin-tubes and the castingB, having the inclined plane and chute formed thereon and provided withthe slots 1) and stops 1), of the keys I, rods H H, levers h, providedwith the arms h, springs I, and heads 1', pivoted to the upper ends ofthe levers h, as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

rrionas CAR-NEY.

Vitnesses:

J AS. P. POND, .TAS. T. CARNEY.

